Darby Bible
Job 35:4
4I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
Job 35:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)“I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will answer you and your friends with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I will answer you, And your companions with you.
Context of Job 35:4
2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned? I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee. 5Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou. 6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
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אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Job 35:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I will answer thee - I will show thee the evil of a sinful way, and the benefit of righteousness; and supply what thy friends have omitted in their discourses with thee.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I will answer thee - Margin, “return to thee words.” Elihu meant to explain this more fully than it had been done by the friends of Job, and to show where Job was in error. And thy companions with thee - Eliphaz, in Job 22:2, had taken up the same inquiry, and proposed to discuss the subject, but he had gone at once into severe charges against Job, and been drawn into language of harsh crimination, instead of making the matter clear, and Elihu now…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8Elihu tried to answer his own question (35:2). But his response did not add anything new compared to: Zophar (11:8–9). Eliphaz (22:12). Bildad (25:5–6). Job (9:8–10). Elihu did not realize that all sin offends God (Genesis 39:9; Matthew 25:41–46; compare Proverbs 19:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. companions--those entertaining like sentiments with thee (Job 34:8, 36).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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